Finance Director, Senior (INDG)

Bloomberg Industry Group•Arlington, VA

10d•$220,000 - $275,000

About The Position

Directs the financial planning and analysis activities of Bloomberg Industry Group, Cash Management, and other compliance activities specific to the business. Lead FP&A activities for the division while delivering a unique blend of financial and operational analysis, financial modeling, reporting and senior management support. Influence the direction of the company as a key member of the corporate financial leadership team and serve as key financial interface between FP&A finance and senior operational management as well as corporate management team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or related field.
A minimum of 10+ years’ experience covering a broad range of accounting/financial analysis activities conducted at a high level of complexity, including progressively more complex assignments or projects.
Strong executive presence, interpersonal and political savvy with excellent communication, relationship building and influencing skills.
Previous experience in a Finance leadership role supporting a business unit and/or a full business unit P&L with exceptional leadership skills and previous experience managing Finance professionals.
Strong knowledge of GAAP and various financial analysis tools, such as discounted cash flows, activity-based management, and variance analysis, strong project management skills.
Ability to design, analyze and improve planning process.
Strong skills utilizing a large integrated ERP/MRP computer system (e.g. Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards).
Excellent analytical, problem-solving skills and deep experience in financial modeling, planning reporting and analysis.
The ability to analyze complex information and present / interpret insightful findings succinctly.

Nice To Haves

Advanced credentials such as a MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred.

Responsibilities

Deliver financial and operational support including managing the annual budget process and forecasts.
Provide deep dive analytics and recommendations for the business around sales, performance, productivity, headcount, and other key metrics.
Work with business leadership on identifying growth opportunities, future product development priorities, and overall go-to-market strategies.
Design and provide meaningful financial and operational metrics to enable insightful, accurate business decision-making.
Partner at all levels with business units to enable data driven decision making byway of delivering value-added consolidated and divisional business analyses.
Communicate business focused planning, analysis and partnership providing a foundation for the development of a unified enterprise-wide vision.
Drive culture that embraces and promotes innovative business relevant thinking and decision making that accomplishes organizational goals.
Deliver monthly revenue reporting on KPI’s, operational dashboards, key business trend analysis, actual versus budget variances and comprehensive executive level explanations of differences.
Build and oversee a high-performing organization that has a comprehensive understanding of all key business drivers, employs sophisticated financial models, and delivers insightful observations and recommendations to drive performance and growth.
Establish, strengthen, and maintain business partnerships with key business and financial contacts across the organization to deliver end-to-end financial solutions & support.
Develop a thorough understanding of the industry, business, organization, processes, and workflows to develop and enhance financial models and provide a broad range of financial and operational support.
Drive and manage ad hoc special projects or analysis for strategic initiatives, market expansion, and potential commercial transactions or acquisitions.